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These are often used in dreams to represent the personal quality, cleanness or untidiness of the person. They therefore depict some sort of judgement about what sort of person you are, or how you see someone.

Socks sometimes are shown as protective in some dreams, perhaps stopping creatures from getting on your skin, or stopping shoes rubbing, so depicting the way you deal with irritating events. In some such dreams they represent defensive attitudes or thoughts with which you repress or avoid ‘squirmy’ feelings about things like blood and inside your body. Socks can also be associated with warmth or protection from a difficult situation.

Socks can deal with issues about coldness or heat, and so represent having ‘cold feet’ about a relationship or situation, or getting ‘hot’.

Socks also can represent particular roles, such as a footballers socks, or special quality socks for business or social ritual. The strange idioms surrounding socks also show other associations, like ‘pull your socks up’ – knocked my socks off (suggesting a powerful experience); rock socks; sock it to me.

Looking at someone’s socks is usually about the judgement or impression of them we have from what they are wearing – or it may link with a memory of someone we know who had similar socks.

Useful questions:

What surrounds the socks in the dream’s action – relationship, appearance, going out?

Do the socks connect with protection or warmth in any way – if so how?

What do these socks ‘say’ about appearance, role or status, and how does that apply to me?

But it is good have some sort of training. Remember that dreams are just like computer games in which you get very involved and face monsters and kill or be killed and nothing has actually happened – you are still alive and unhurt. But in this wonderfully alive virtual reality of our dreams we are all playing the game of life – the game we play in which we face or run away from the things that scare us; in which we explore the depths of our existence or learn how to love – or simply meet a reflection of our own weakness and terror. For that is all it is – a magic mirror in which we see ourselves naked of pretence.

Dreamt of arguing over a pair of white socks with my ex lover. He said they were his and they were not. This dream was so real and it has stuck with me all day. Any help with what it means would be greatly appreciated.

Dbie – That too, but also it is something that makes it difficult to walk and to carry on normally. The string could also suggest a mess you need to untangle, and also the ties or connections you have with another.

I had a dream in which I remembered that I forgot my black socks at this guy’s (friend and type of boyfriend) house. At the moment in which I remembered that I forgot my socks and of the specifics (black) I also remembered that they might be smelly and for some reasons I could smell the socks. I have to admit this guy I really really really like- but its kinda of a complicated situation so I am taking it slow.
I would really appreciate your reply- as I have woken up a little shocked from remembering this dream so vividly.
Thank you in advance!

Dear Ben – I wonder if there is more to share about your dream then just these two sentences; http://dreamhawk.com/dream-dictionary/not-enough-information/
Is your co-worker male or female; what does your future wife look like; do you meet her in the shop; what do you feel when you see her, how do you know she is your future wife etc.?
Anna

Hi Tony. Last night I dreamt that I was wearing a pair of my ankle socks. Someone I was with at the time (I don’t recall who) pointed them out, and I looked down and touched them, and realized I was wearing more than one pair. I looked inside the sock and found that I was actually wearing 3 pairs, and there was a fourth pair “loose” inside the others. They came out when I started to pull at the socks. I remember being surprised that I was wearing all these socks, like it wasn’t planned. What you said about “some sort of judgement about what sort of person you are or how you see someone” resonated with me. What do you think this could mean? I feel like it’s something I should really pay attention to, it’s been on my mind since I woke up. Thanks for your help.

Hi ….i had a dream about my ex boyfriend. I saw him at a bowling alley and turned my back to walk away. He came to greety family and then shacked my hand and kissed my cheek. Then i got up to walk away. He gavee a folder. When i opened it.
.it had a pair of red and white socks….childs socks tolder. I told him thank u and good bye. He then asked for the socks back. I gave it back and my dream ended.

I had a dream of two black socks (they were my Nike socks, they were a little faded ) and next to them was a white sock. And I threw them to the corner of the room I was in , I guess I was gonna put on the black ones but then I didn’t . And they were just there. I don’t know what this means but I know it has to mean something.

Hi – I am stopping from answering your posts fully – but will try to give hints; sometimes long ones because I quote from masses I have already put online. Also I need to take time to update the site – dreamhawk.

The black and white socks show the opposite sides to your nature – they need to be balanced. Imagine wearing one of each. The way of the razors edge can depict any behaviour or attitudes that are one-sidedness and would lead to imbalance within the individual. But at the same time it is not about being perfect or a saint, but a balanced and whole human being with very wide choices. Walking it we balance between the opposites facing us. See The Mountain Path

Last night I dreamt that every time I took this one sock off it would appear back on my foot. It happened over and over again; I’d take the sock off and I would watch it just appear on my foot again! Such a vivid dream.